Material collected by Alan Weaver related to organizing Sierra Club employees, including the Sierra Employee Alliance (SEA),
United Autoworkers Union, Local 2103; and John Muir Local 100. Includes correspondence, emails, clippings, meeting agendas
and minutes, contracts, committee records, flyers and information packets. Contains various documents relating to staff reorganization
during the 1990s fiscal crisis, and domestic partner/ gay rights issues within SEA and the Sierra Club.

Background

Alan Weaver was an employee of the Sierra Club 1977-1997, beginning with the Hawaii Chapter and then moving to San Francisco,
where he worked in the Books Department. Weaver was involved in efforts to create greater staff involvement in the company
from the 1980s on and eventually helped to organize the Sierra Employee Alliance (SEA), which became an official representative
of employees in 1992.The Sierra Club was incorporated in San Francisco on May 28, 1892 by John Muir and other supporters in order to study and
preserve the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast. Since that time, the Club has worked to promote the responsible use of
natural resources through outreach, education, and programs which make the Sierra accessible to the public.

Extent

1.0 cubic ft.
(2 boxes)

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